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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Invitation to participate in a Study to see if Balancing Specific Muscles will alleviate Knee Problems

This invitation is sent to you from IASK,
International Association of Specialized Kinesiologists, the international
members´ organization.

Background

In May 2010 and again in May 2011 IASK arranged a
workshop on Research in CAM. The instructor for these workshops was Magnus Birk Clausen, MA, a young Danish
researcher. The feedback was very positive.

For the first workshop, the topic was “Methodology in
Research in Complementary and Alternative Medicine”. This workshop took place
at Gentofte, Denmark. The duration was 4 hours

The next workshop took place in Stockholm in
connection with the bi-annual IASK conference, and the duration was 8 hours.
The workshop created great interest in starting a research project, and Magnus
Birk Clausen deserved the applause, he got.

The outcome was the creation of a Research Committee
consisting of Specialized Kinesiologists from several different countries, among
whom was Wayne Topping, Ph.D. from New Zealand, now England. Wayne suggested a
research project on “Knee Pain and Discomfort”, upon which we agreed.

It is very important, when you are doing any kind of
research, that the description of the project is very clear. It is also very
important, that the project and the protocol is simple and clear in order that
the collected data are easy to investigate. Wayne Topping, England, and
Annemarie Goldschmidt, Denmark, offered to coordinate the work.

Several meetings have taken place between Wayne and
Annemarie, personal as well as on Skype, and many e-mails were written. The
first research group was created in Denmark in the spring of 2014.

A comprehensive protocol is made in Denmark, and is
used by the members of the research group. This protocol now is translated into
English, German and Hungarian.

It is evident for Wayne, Annemarie and the Board of
IASK that all kinesiologists have a holistic approach to the work with their
clients, and are using a “holistic pair of glasses” in the sessions. Our goal
is to work with the person and not with the curing of symptoms. But in this
specific project the stated goal is to investigate to which extend Touch for Health
corrections and balancing techniques using Neurolymfatic and Neurovascular
reflex points, and Biokinetic exercises can better the function of the knee
joints and alleviate or diminish pain and discomfort.

The title of
the Research Project.

The title of the project is “Research Project
concerning Knee Pain and Dysfunction”. It is put together in a very easy and
simple way. Wayne Topping refers to a study from the medical field in the US.
The study showed that the primary reason for knee problems was related to the impaired
function of the muscles supporting the knee joint. This is why we want to investigate
how and to which extent the client will experience changes. and what they will
change themselves, when the pain is gone.

Evidence

The assessment is very simple and so is the method.
You will just monitor the four components of the Quadriceps muscle and balance
using Neurolymfatic and Neurovascular reflexes and some biokinetic exercises
following a specific protocol. Your clients must agree to answer some questions
and make some specific exercises at home. In case the pain or some of the pain
is still there after one or two sessions then you will test 5 other muscles
being connected with the knee joint. Everything is simple and everything is
described in the protocol, which is easy to follow.

The
procedure.

The clients must sign an agreement or give consent to
participate, and the kinesiologist gives her/his signature to assure that all
information will be processed confidentially. Moreover and important: the clients who give their consent to
participate shall have the 2 – 3 sessions free.

In case you want to participate in this research
project, please send an email with your name, address, phone number, email
address and documentation that you are a member of an organization associatedwith IASK toMarco Rado